Subject to the availability of federal and state funds, a benefit group that is not receiving cash assistance but has an income less than one hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines may be eligible to receive services.
History: Laws 1998, ch. 8, § 12 and Laws 1998, ch. 9, § 12; 1999, ch. 273, § 3.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, substituted "benefit group that is" for "group of people that includes at least one dependent child living with a parent, legal guardian or relative within the fifth degree of consanguinity or a pregnant woman who is".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 27 - Public Assistance
Article 2B - New Mexico Works Act
Section 27-2B-1 - Short title.
Section 27-2B-2 - Legislative findings; purpose of act.
Section 27-2B-3 - Definitions.
Section 27-2B-5 - Work requirements; work participation rates.
Section 27-2B-5.1 - Work activities; workers' compensation coverage.
Section 27-2B-5.2 - Work program; public schools.
Section 27-2B-6 - Durational limits.
Section 27-2B-7 - Financial standard of need.
Section 27-2B-9 - Mandatory school attendance.
Section 27-2B-10 - Individual development accounts.
Section 27-2B-11 - Ineligibility.
Section 27-2B-13 - Fair hearing; review and appeal.
Section 27-2B-15 - Medicaid eligibility.
Section 27-2B-16 - Immigrant eligibility.
Section 27-2B-17 - Records; confidentiality.
Section 27-2B-18 - Certification.